Crime & Safety
Maine Woman Goes Missing From Times Square McDonald's: Police
Christine Hammontree, 29, was last seen getting into a vehicle with "a group of unidentified individuals" near Times Square, police said.

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — Police are searching for a 29-year-old woman from Maine who has been missing since Monday, when she got into a car near Times Square, authorities said.
Christine Hammontree, who was visiting from Plymouth, Maine, was captured on surveillance footage around 2:10 a.m. on the corner of Broadway and West 44th Street, police said.
Footage showed her standing outside a McDonald's and getting into a vehicle "with a group of unidentified individuals," according to police in Falmouth, Maine.
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Hammontree was wearing an oversized blue t-shirt, cut-off light blue jeans and sandals, carrying an orange backpack and sporting black Ray-Ban aviator sunglasses on top of her head.
A onetime New York resident, Hammontree moved back to Maine to live with her parents, authorities told the New York Post.
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She was described as 5 feet, 9 inches tall and 110 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair.
Police asked anyone with information about her whereabouts to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). People can also submit tips online or on Twitter, @NYPDTips.
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